A Priest Forever: The Life and Times of Father Robert McNamara draws together research, insights from family, parishioners, and colleagues, and original writings to fashion a portrait of Father... More > Robert Francis McNamara, a Roman Catholic priest who served the church’s Rochester Diocese. Ann K. Maloney draws together material from a variety of sources to present the life and times of a man whom Rochester’s Bishop Matthew H. Clark called “an extraordinary man.”
In a time in the church’s history when deep doubts about the clergy lead many to question the trustworthiness of the church itself, A Priest Forever tells how one man—a faithful servant of God—carried out both his calling to priestly service and his immersion in the life of his wider community. Five chapters present Father Bob, as he was known, and tell the story of his life. A rich set of appendices collects a sampling of his writings, his curriculum vitae, and supporting documentation.< Less

A Priest Forever: The Life and Times of Father Robert McNamara draws together research, insights from family, parishioners, and colleagues, and original writings to fashion a portrait of Father... More > Robert Francis McNamara, a Roman Catholic priest who served the church’s Rochester Diocese. Ann K. Maloney draws together material from a variety of sources to present the life and times of a man whom Rochester’s Bishop Matthew H. Clark called “an extraordinary man.”
In a time in the church’s history when deep doubts about the clergy lead many to question the trustworthiness of the church itself, A Priest Forever tells how one man—a faithful servant of God—carried out both his calling to priestly service and his immersion in the life of his wider community.< Less

Absolute surrender-let me tell you where I got those words. I used them myself often, and you have heard them numerous times. But once, in Scotland, I was in a company where we were talking about the... More > condition of Christ's Church, and what the great need of the Church and of believers is. There was in our company a godly Christian worker who has much to do in training other workers for Christ, and I asked him what he would say was the great need of the Church-the message that ought to be preached. He answered very quietly and simply and determinedly: "Absolute surrender to God is the one thing. The words struck me as never before. And that man began to tell how, in the Christian workers with whom he had to deal, he finds that if they are sound on that point, they are willing to be taught and helped, and they always improve. Whereas, others who are not sound there very often go back and leave the work. The condition for obtaining God's full blessing is absolute surrender to Him< Less

More excellent tales of men feminised, put into maid-service, by those to whom they trust their care. In the title story, smallholder ‘Susan’ loved being a milkmaid, but had no idea what... More > else Lucy planned for her! Son plays a parlour-maid in school play, mum has him practise at home, puts him into service for life as a maid. He arranged to be sold into service, to fulfil a fantasy, in a very elaborate and realistic way, but was it just a fantasy for the buyer and seller too? A maid for his wife: then cuckolded, divorced and bequeathed to her mum to maid, as coMabel. Hitch-hiking from Scotland to London, he is kidnapped, forced to suck and take cock, then sold on as a whore. Inherits a dress shop from aunt, but is enslaved by the black lady manageress and her husband. Retires to become a maid for his former business partners and their teenage girls.< Less

In this biography, Fr. Bertrand Wilberforce, grandson of the English statesman responsible for the abolition of slavery, writes the story of one of the great saints of the Dominican Order, whose name... More > he had taken in religion: Saint Louis Bertrand. He was a saint known for his great humility and penance, as well as his many miracles and prophecies. He was also for seven years a missionary in the New World in the area then known as New Granada, but now in the area of Colombia.< Less

Father Sergius is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy in 1890 and first published in 1898.
The story begins with the childhood and exceptional and accomplished youth of Prince Stepan Kasatsky. The... More > young man is destined for great things. He discovers on the eve of his wedding that his fiancée Countess Mary Korotkova has had an affair with his beloved Tsar Nicholas I. The blow to his pride is massive, and he retreats to the arms of Russian Orthodoxy and becomes a monk. Many years of humility and doubt follow.< Less

Restoring Eden contains the true story of a group of people in rural England who simply had a heart to seek God, listen to what He said, put His word into practice and then saw what He did. Restoring... More > Eden also contains the reproducible strategy for prayer God gave them.
The strategy is simple and it begins with this: if a united group of believers identify the various footholds the enemy has gained in their community, ‘stand in the gap’ in heartfelt repentance and then seek God’s face in worship with humility of heart, we have His promise from scripture that He will hear our prayers and heal (restore) our land (2 Chronicles 7:14).< Less

The Franklin Virtue Journal. A simple journal to keep with you at all time. This is the same type of journal Benjamin Franklin used throughout his entire life.
When in his late 20s, Benjamin... More > Franklin listed thirteen virtues that he felt were an important guide for living. These virtues can be divided into those related to personal behavior (temperance, order, resolution, frugality, moderation, industry, cleanliness, and tranquility) and those related to social character traits (sincerity, justice, silence, chastity, and humility).
Although Franklin tried to follow these guides in his life, he often went astray. These virtues may be worthwhile to consider following in your own life.
At the start of his self-improvement plan, Franklin recorded, "I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish."< Less

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